Math word problems
Put your math skills to work! Word problems connect classroom concepts to real-life scenarios—from splitting restaurant bills to calculating travel times. Each problem challenges you to read carefully, set up the right equation, solve it step-by-step, and check your answer.
Pick a topic below and start practicing!
Pick a topic below and start practicing!
1047surface area
774cuboid
566cube
565prism
491cylinder
267pyramid
248cone
230sphere
57frustum
5002equation
450divisibility
329sets
536probability
342permutations
774mean
41variance
2315multiplication
1984division
1641subtraction
1574addition
1451square root
632comparing
609second power
609third power
579rounding
214cube root
3410time
3336length
3206area
2692unit conversion
2549volume
2144money
1571mass
1279angle
1167velocity
609power
407density
313temperature
268acceleration
207energy
330sine
314tangent
295cosine
63arcsine
3051square
2697area of a shape
2520triangle
2520right triangle
1031perimeter
1002circle
998rectangle
553diagonal
294trapezoid
229polygon
205rhombus
80chord
50annulus
48rhomboid
22parabola
themes, topics
1009motion problems
173map scale
110Ohm's law
40proofs
600line
180line segment
133vector
2277percentages
1755reasoning
1670ratio
252functions
186maximum
141factorial
133minimum
86per mil
27modulo
10integral
3169fractions
1877natural numbers
348integers
165real numbers
42matrix
From our database of math word problems and examples, we offer the following:
- Spoon volume calculation
The spoon has the shape of half a spherical surface with a radius of 50 mm. What volume of fluid does it fit when filled to the brim? - Sum of squares
If the first number is 80% of the second number and 4 times the sum of their squares is 656, find the numbers. - Tourist Diary
Karel kept a tourist diary at summer camp. After camp ended, he found from his diary that on day 1 he walked a route of 7 km. On day 3 he walked twice as far as on day 1. On days 5 and 6 he walked the same distance, which together totalled 26 km. On the r - A rectangular 7
A rectangular water tank has a square base of 90 cm on its side. If it is 300 cm high, how much water can it hold? - Odd number creation
How many odd three-digit numbers can you make of the five cards with the numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6? - Isosceles Trapezoid Arm Length
Diagonal alpha equals 0.4 m, and diagonal beta equals 0.4 m in the isosceles trapezoid. Side AB is 120 cm, and side DC is 7.6 dm. Find the length of arms in an isosceles trapezoid. Please result round to 2 decimal places. - Penny free fall
A man drops a penny from the top of a 500 m tall building. After t seconds, the penny has fallen a distance of s meters, where s(t)=500-5t². Determine the average velocity between 1 s and 5 s. - Drunk man
The drunk man has 2.6‰ of alcohol in his blood. How many grams of alcohol has in his blood if he has 5 kg of blood? - Square prism
A square prism has a base with a length of 23 centimeters. What is the area in square centimeters of the base of the prism? - Cubes
A sphere is inscribed in one cube and the same sphere is circumscribed about another cube. Calculate the difference between the volumes of the two cubes if the difference between their surface areas is 231 cm². - Truck car pursuit
A truck with a speed of 45 km/h left Ostrava. When he had passed 15 km, a car with a 90 km/h speed came behind him. How long does a car catch up with a truck take? How far from Ostrava? - Monthly savings interest
How much do I have to save per month to save CZK 100,000 in 5 years if the interest rate is 4%, the interest period is one month, and the interest tax is 15%? - Committee election possibilities
5 A students must elect a three-member class committee. However, only 6 pupils out of 30 are willing to work in it. How many possibilities do they have to create it if it does not matter what function the committee member will perform? - Chord distance length
The radius of the circle is 5.5 cm. The height is 2.3 cm, which is the chord's distance. How can we calculate the length of the string? - Book reading
If we read the book at a speed of 15 pages a day, we read it three days before we read it at a speed of 10 pages per day. If I read six pages per day, how many days will I read the book? - Garden dimension dependence
How does one dimension of a rectangular garden depend on another if the garden has an area of 500 m²? - A landscaper 3
A landscaper needs 3 4/8 pounds of plant food. He has 1 1/4 pounds in his truck and another 4/6 pound at his shop. How many more pounds of plant food does the landscaper need?
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